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              Overview
          Applying for Your Annuity
                                Requirements to Receive an Age and Service Annuity
          How Family Members Can Affect Your Annuity
          Credit for Railroad Work
          Credit for Military Service
          Current Connection
          Requirements For Supplemental Annuity
          When Your Annuity can Begin
          Age Reductions For Employees Who Have Less Than 360 Months Service
          Deductions for Earnings
          Reductions for Other Benefits
          Reductions for Other Federal Programs
          After You Apply for Your Annuity
          Important Notices Applying for Your Annuity
							 
							
							
            This section contains information that will help you to complete your application correctly. Included are the requirements you must meet to receive an annuity. You may file your application up to three months before your annuity beginning date.

Booklet RB-3, *Furnishing Evidence to Support Your Claim,* explains acceptable evidence for proofs required to process your annuity application. Shorten the processing time for your annuity application by submitting proof of your date of birth and military service to your local Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) office now, even if you will not file your application within three months. Whenever sending documents to the RRB, always include your name, social security number, and daytime telephone number where you can be reached.

We recommend that you read this booklet and booklet RB-3 before you file your annuity application.
        Requirements to Receive an Age and Service Annuity
          How Family Members Can Affect Your Annuity
          Credit for Railroad Work
          Credit for Military Service
          Current Connection
          Requirements For Supplemental Annuity
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